Before becoming a NASA engineer, Homer Hickam was a curious high-school student from West Virginia. When the Soviet Russia launched the first man-made satellite, Sputnik, in 1957, Homer and his friends began designing their own rockets with dreams of escap (more…)Before becoming a NASA engineer, Homer Hickam was a curious high-school student from West Virginia. When the Soviet Russia launched the first man-made satellite, Sputnik, in 1957, Homer and his friends began designing their own rockets with dreams of escaping their coal-mining town.

When his young cousin is inadvertently charged with murder in an Alabama town, an untested Brooklyn lawyer takes on his first case as he attempts to defend two penniless youths in the heart of Dixie, where he clearly does not understand the protocols of th (more…)When his young cousin is inadvertently charged with murder in an Alabama town, an untested Brooklyn lawyer takes on his first case as he attempts to defend two penniless youths in the heart of Dixie, where he clearly does not understand the protocols of the courtroom...or the South.